Tim founded Fortem Technologies in 2016 with his partner Adam Robertson. Its his 5th stratup; having experinced two homeruns, compelte failure and another that led helping catch thousands of terrorists post 9/11 and the caputre of Osama bin Laden.

Tim began his career as a software engineer and after a few years he was the leader for all software development for their flagship telecommunication products, generating over $500M in annual revenue for the product line.

Tim earned his B.S. in Design Engineering from BYU. A frequent speaker at international counter terror and airspace security events, Tim is an active member of Security Industry Association, Airforce Association, and is a member of key airspace industry organizations including ACI. He has been widely quoted in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, CNN and The Atlantic. Born and raised near Cleveland, Ohio, Tim is married with kids and remains a passionate Cleveland sports fan, where he’s been trying to convert his family to root for his hometown teams for more years than he’s willing to admit.